The Presidency of the Democratic Republic of Congo has announced a ceasefire has been achieved between its government and the Rwandan-backed AFC/M23 rebels.

(Reuters) -Congolese negotiators have dropped a demand that Rwandan troops immediately leave eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, paving the way for a U.S.-brokered peace agreement to be signed ...

Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which has ties to IS, killed civilians in the area of Irumu in the east of the country bordering Uganda. The attack comes as eastern Congo may see an ...

The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is getting worse. In January, even before the Rwanda-backed M23 seized Goma and Bukavu, and before the collapse of much of the humanitarian aid ...

Billionaire Dan Gertler’s confidential arbitration testimony describes how he paid an associate of Congo’s former president, ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...

Fighting for control of the Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral wealth has killed millions. Trump wants to end it, and ...

The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and beatified by the Vatican have been ...

Democratic Republic of Congo Events of 2023 People flee an attack by the M23 rebel group on Bambo, North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, October 26, 2023.

Map of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo showing areas controlled by M23 rebels. Source: AEI Critical Threats Project. Latest area of control as of March 3, 2025.

A mystery illness has caused dozens of deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A "poisoning of a water source" may be a cause, the WHO says.